Dupont Borough

Dupont Boro is a residential-oriented com-munity midway between cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton and near Pittston; a hub center with two adjoining I-81 interchanges and a turnpike interchange, U.S. 11 and both State 315 north and 315 south in the Borough. It adjoins a major airport and two major industrial parks, has modern railroad lines, and is near major shopping malls and national food franchises, and two truck stops. It is the home of Pittston Area Kindergarten Center, three major recreation areas (little league, softball-soccer field, new adult baseball field, basketball courts, and playground. Borough garbage collection, free yard waste and recyclable pickups, 700-unit housing development (Quail Hill). Debt free in 2005 with final payment on modern $5-million sewer collection system, completes the picture of life in Dupont Boro.